Lincoln-Way East is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Franklin Community. The Griffins narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Grizzly Cubs 2-1.
Matthew Muehlnickel paced Lincoln-Way East's offense, picking up eight kills. Muehlnickel got some help from Dylan Nanney and his 11 assists. Madan Sundaram controlled things from the service line, finishing with three aces.
Lincoln-Way East has been performing well recently as they've won 14 of their last 17 matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 22-5 record this season. As for Franklin Community, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 19-12.
Lincoln-Way East didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 2-0 victory against Westfield on the 10th. As for Franklin Community, they have also already played their next game, a 2-1 win against Southport on the 10th.
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